Re: debian vs ubuntu and knoppix

From: Chris Humphries (chris_at_unixfu.net)
Date: 10/14/05

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    Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:28:12 -0400
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

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    | On (13/10/05 19:55), William Ballard wrote:
    |
    | To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
    | From: William Ballard <nospam_50916@alltel.net>
    | Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:55:05 -0400
    | Subject: Re: debian vs ubuntu and knoppix
    |
    | On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 04:50:16PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
    | > I'm a developer now?! Cool!
    |
    | Nor am I. But I heard that said "we don't care if anybody uses it but us" comment a
    | couple years ago and I thought it was a good idea. Of course the OpenBSD people (all
    | 5000 of 'em) wonder why anybody would use that flash-in-the-pan Linux after all.
    |
    | So Debian is already a little bit pregnant :-)
    |

    Making cracks at OpenBSD (with FUD) is not appropriate. Blanket statements
    like that do more harm than good, especially when they do not apply.

    Please lets keep cracking on others off the list. Lets try to keep this
    somewhat appropriate :)

    If you (second person plural) have done any kernel programming and auditing
    with linux and openbsd kernels, you would appreciate the beauty, simplicity,
    and correctness that exists in the openbsd kernel code, which is quite the
    opposite in Linux, though most everything "works".

    Every OS has it's own things it is good at, and it may fit some more than
    others, just have to be the judge of what is good for your needs/wants and
    then choose the best choice. Sometimes it is Linux, sometimes it is not.

    No reason to trash others because it is not your cup of tea :)

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